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Object Number 47-54-70/2470
Display Title Cocoanut grater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Grater, carved, flat, oval, with a shell at each knob end, painted human heads
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 12.3 x 6.5 cm (30 5/16 x 4 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object (D.39.1029.); D.39.1029; 47-54-70/2470

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